Auckland, 29 November 2001
– Does someone in your office work constantly at their PC
but have little to show for it? Do they furtively attempt to
cover their screen when you approach? Do they bypass water
cooler chat in favour of the online variety?

Sydney - November 30,
2001—Open Text™ Corporation, a worldwide leader in
delivering collaborative commerce solutions, has expanded
its presence in New Zealand with the appointment of gen-i as
a value added distributor for its Livelink® collaborative
...

The role of a defence
force is essentially to carry out the will of the country at
home and abroad. Without such a force, the country becomes
vulnerable to the will of other nations. If it doesn't
happen to have caring neighbours then is even riper
...

On 2nd December 2001,
Wellington will join over 100 cities around the world in
hosting "WalkForCapitalism" - the first annual Global Rally
for Capitalism. Wellington's walkers will depart from
Manners Mall at noon on Sunday and head towards our
destination ...

The Government's decision
to target children's impressionable minds about climate
change is a scandalous abuse of power, ACT Environment
Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. He was responding to the
Government's announced consultation project on climate
...

All New
Zealanders should be concerned that despite having been
given the opportunity on at least 3 occasions, the Minister
of Defence has so far refused to say outright whether he has
confidence in the head of the New Zealand Army.

Some media, including Scoop, is not convinced the
explanations of the U.S. administration that American
Airlines flight 587 out of JFK New York simply came apart
and crashed over Long Island passes the smell test. Maree
Howard writes.

When we
think of the "Brain Drain" we tend only to think of the
emigration of educated New Zealanders. (In the case of
emigration to Australia, we include all New Zealanders. Even
minimally educated New Zealanders, Sir Robert Muldoon once
noted*, ...

Christchurch anti-war
protestors plan to demonstrate outside the US Air Force base
at Christchurch International Airport on Saturday December 1
as part of a National Day of Action against the war in
Afghanistan.

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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